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Central Java workers receive packages of essentials on May Day

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo symbolically distributed packages of essentials to thousands of workers laid off ...

BI projects 0.18 percent inflation rate in April 2020

Bank Indonesia (BI) estimated that the inflation rate in April 2020 will touch 0.18 percent based on results of a ...

President outlines plan to exempt MSMEs from income tax for six months

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has confirmed a plan to exempt micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with an annual ...

Indonesian Embassy delivers basic-needs packages to Indonesians in US

The Indonesian Embassy in Washington D.C. has handed out hundreds of packages to help meet the basic needs of ...

Weekend Stories

Ensuring health and safety of supermarket workers

Amid the government-mandated physical distancing order to contain coronavirus transmission, Jakarta City appears to ...

Jakarta police announces 10 transportation modes prioritized

Traffic Director of Jakarta Regional Police Senior Commissioner Sambodo Purnomo Yogo announced 10 transportation modes ...

Greater Jakarta's middle-, lower-class segments to receive food aid

The Finance Ministry confirmed that the middle and lower classes in Greater Jakarta or Jabodetabek will receive central ...

Slowdown to hurt household, MSME, corporate, financial sectors most

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati predicted the household, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), ...

MPR seeks government's attention for groups prone to COVID-19

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Bambang Soesatyo has called on the government to focus on the basic ...

Indonesia reaffirms pledge to ensure better global refugee governance

The Government of Indonesia, at the Global Forum on Refugees hearing in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday (Dec 17), ...

Muhammadiyah assists South Kalimantan's Sungai Bali fire victims

The Muhammadiyah-South Kalimantan Chapter opened a command post to extend assistance to residents of Sungai Bali ...

South Kalimantan's fire destroys hundreds of houses: military officer

A fire ravaged the areas of Sungai Bali Village in Pulau Sebuku Subdistrict, Kotabaru District, South Kalimantan ...

News Focus

Lesson learned from Wamena rioting

A deadly riot that broke out in Wamena, the capital city of Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, on Sept 23, has left ...

Wamena riot survivors are still traumatized: Wiranto

The survivors of the recent brutal killings of innocent civilians in Wamena, Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, on ...

3,225 refugees in Jayapura, confirms coordinating minister

The number of refugees in Jayapura, Papua due to the deadly riots in Wamena, currently has reached 3,225, Coordinating ...